The blanket helps to keep three-week-old Hercules warm following a hyena attack in South Africa.
A baby rhino is recovering from a hyena attack in South Africa under a blanket knitted by a group of North East nannas.
The blanket, made by the Knitting Nannas from Hazelgrove Court Care Home in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, near Redcar, Teesside, was sent more than 5,000 miles away to a rhino sanctuary in Mpumalanga, where the orphan was rescued. The women spent several months knitting blankets on behalf of the charity Blankets for Baby Rhinos, which were given to the Care For Wild Rhino Sanctuary in Barberton Nature Reserve.
Sheila O’Neill, 83, said seeing the "cute little fellow" under one of their blankets had made her day, while Joyce Wooffindin, also 83, added: "To see Hercules wearing one of our blankets brought a tear to my eye."
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